Upon being decommissioned, USS Peleliu will be replaced by the America-class USS America (LHA 6) amphibious assault ship and then hauled to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, US, to join the navy’s reserve vessel fleet.

It will maintain an inactive reserve status and be tied up alongside USS Tarawa (LHA 1).

USS America is capable of executing sustained periods in transit and operations, including embarking, transporting, controlling, inserting, sustaining and extracting elements of a marine air-ground task force. It can also support forces through helicopters and tiltrotors held by F-35Bs.

Image: USS Peleliu will be decommissioned on 31 March. Photo: courtesy of the US Navy.